1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you get in touch with technology? With 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: tech Stuff from how stuff works dot com. Hello again, everyone, 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: welcome to tech Stuff. My name is Chris Pollette and 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm an editor here at how stuff works dot com. 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: Standing across from me as always, the senior writer, Jonathan Strickland. 7 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: Just remember what your old friend Jack Burton says, Yes, sir, 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: the check is in the mail. All right, then that's 9 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: that's from That's from Big Trouble in Little China. Okay, 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: it's a great movie. Has nothing to do with our 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: podcast today, No, because we're actually going to talk about 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: the the iPhone for Yes, this was a topic that 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: we ever received many, many many requests about. In fact, 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: we received requests about it before the iPhone for debuted. 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: And here's a secret for you guys. We don't get 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: uh pre release devices ever. Really uh. We don't have 17 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: companies send us these things. We don't review them. So 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: it's hard for us to report on things that haven't 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: come out yet because we don't get our hands on 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: them ourselves. We have to rely on information just like 21 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: most of you do. But now that the iPhone ford 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: has been out for a while, and uh for a 23 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: while being a couple of days. Uh, we can kind 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: of talk a little bit about it and what makes 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: it different from the previous iPhones. Now, we are going 26 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: to avoid, for the most part, discussions of iOS four 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: because we're going to do that in a separate podcast, 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: since the operating system works on devices besides just the 29 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: iPhone four, So we're mostly going to look at the 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 1: hardware here and what we may talk about a couple 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: of features that are iOS for you know, features, but 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: they're unique to the iPhone four right now, so let's 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: start by talking about how it's different from previous iPhones. 34 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: And if you were to set an iPhone for next 35 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: to an iPhone three G S, you would notice some 36 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: differences right away. That's for one thing, it's flat like 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: an halibut. Yes, and an alibut his name is eric Um. 38 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: So the old ipho three G and three gs. And 39 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: actually that every design up until the iPhone four had 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: kind of a rounded back, yes, which meant that it 41 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: wouldn't sit flat when you set it down on a tablet. Yeah, 42 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: well not. It kind of wobbled a little bit because 43 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: it was rounded just enough so that it would kind 44 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: of not sit perfectly flat UM, and some people thought 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: that was irritating. Some people didn't care. In fact, a 46 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: lot of the reviews I've read where they've talked about 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: the design, they've said, you know, we didn't have any 48 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: issues with the old design, but it is kind of 49 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: cool to see a new design. The Apple is moving forward. 50 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: They're not resting on their laurels. Well, this one is 51 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: flat flat can flat on both sides, and glass on 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: both sides. That's true on like previous versions, UM, the 53 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: the iPhone four has glass on both sides. UM. It's 54 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: point three seven inches thick, four and a half inches tall, 55 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: two point three one inches wide, waste four point announces 56 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: has a three and a half inch display with pixels 57 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: per inch UM and the glass, by the way, it's 58 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: aluminum based ceramic glass. It's very, very tough, although you know, 59 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: don't go playing soccer with it because it will break. 60 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: If you drop your iPhone four and it breaks, and 61 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: you say, well, tech stuff said it was really tough. 62 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: I think when they say really tough, they're saying, well, 63 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: we figured eventually got to put it in a pocket 64 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: with your keys, and it might win a fight with 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: your keys or your cat's claws, but it probably will 66 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: not win a fight with a set of concrete steps. 67 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: It might not even win a fight with your keys 68 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: over a prolonged, prolonged use. So here's the thing, is 69 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: that the iPhone four is brand new, so it's really 70 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: until people have had this for a while, and these 71 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: these phones have had some uh some pretty good use um, 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: and we're not really going to know for sure. We're 73 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: not gonna know it. Maybe that the scratches show up 74 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: in time, but but it seems to be a pretty 75 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: hardy design so far. Also, that that glass we talked about, 76 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: it has an oleophobic coating which is supposed to kind 77 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: of keep smudges away. Uh, it's supposed to, you know, 78 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: the oleophobic means that the oils and your skin aren't 79 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: supposed to be able to cling to that glass. It's 80 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: supposed to not accumulate um. But from what I've seen, 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: it's a smudge magnet um. If it's like the coating 82 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: on my first generation iPod Touch, it's how we're going 83 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: to do a reasonably decent job at avoiding smudges. If 84 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: it's more like the coating on my iPad um. It 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: will end up needing to be wiped down about every 86 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: twenty three seconds or so. Yeah, I'm thinking it's going 87 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: to be more like the iPad um. So the especially 88 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: from what I've been reading. I don't own an iPhone 89 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: for nor do I, so we can't really talk about 90 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: this from personal use perspective. Um, I have held one alert? Yeah, 91 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: where was that? I got friends who own one? You've 92 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: been cheating on me with other people who know things 93 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: about tech I've got all right, I've got some friends 94 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: who are Apple fanatics. Yeah, I mean I'm I like Apple, 95 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: all right. I know I got the anti mac bias 96 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: rep early on and tech stuff, but that's just not true. Um, 97 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: but I'm not a fanatic. You know. I don't go 98 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: out there and buy the product as soon as it 99 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: hits the market. I do that for Android. Uh. The 100 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: I've never I've never stood in a line for an 101 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: Apple product, And that's not true. That was the very 102 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: first iMac. That was the last time I stood in 103 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: a line. So you're older and wiser now, at least older. Well, 104 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: I just don't feel like standing a line anymore. So 105 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: you're older and lazier now. So the Yeah, the the 106 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: it's a it's a neat little device. I mean it's 107 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's nice design. I like it a lot. 108 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: They have they have done have made quite a few 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: improvements to it. For example, the camera. Yes, it's a 110 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: five megapixel camera. Yes, UM has a larger the the 111 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: most important thing since we've done the megapixel myth busting 112 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: in our previous podcast. And it has a larger image sensor. Yeah, 113 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: it's got it's got a really good color detection and 114 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: uh contrast features as well. From what I understand, the 115 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: pictures that you take with this camera do tend to 116 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: be very sharp and and the colors are very true 117 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: to what the actual colors are. So apparently, you know, 118 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: as a camera in a phone, it serves quite well. 119 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: And and in fact we should go ahead and say 120 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: there's not just one, there two because it's one on 121 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: the back that that it has people traditionally use I 122 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: guess if you will, for the for taking photos that 123 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: you might say upload to Flicker or you know, put 124 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: on your Facebook profile. That's that's the big one. That's 125 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: that's the larger photo size and UM photo sensor on it. 126 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: So yeah, there's a forward facing in and back facing camera. 127 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: The forward facing camera is used for other features like 128 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: FaceTime when you can also use the back facing camera 129 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: for FaceTime if you want to. And we'll get into 130 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: FaceTime and a little bit. That's one of those i 131 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: iOS four features that is unique right now to the 132 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: iPhone four. Yes, I'm sure eventually it will come to 133 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: other devices, but right now the iPhone four is the 134 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: only thing that can run it. Um. Before we leave 135 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: the camera thing, though, you feel like I should mention 136 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: the l E ED Oh yes, it has a flash. 137 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: I feel like if it's an l D maybe we 138 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: should put flash in quotes. But it does function that way. 139 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: You can turn it on even for video mode. If 140 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: you want to record video. You can use your I 141 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: S I phone for for that purpose. Hello, let me 142 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: trip over that. And uh, you can use the LED 143 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: flash to take still photos or leave it on for 144 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: video recording. Yeah. So now you don't have to worry 145 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: about those low light situations as much, where you know, 146 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: you take the photo and then eventually you look at 147 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: it and you realize you can't make out any of 148 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: the details. The l a ED should help a little 149 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: bit with that. Not grant, you're still not gonna be 150 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: able to go into pitch black and rooms and take 151 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: a picture and expect full D detail. But it'll help. Um, 152 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: you were mentioning the display, the three t six pixels 153 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: per square inch display, it's a the The full resolution 154 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: is ninety six forty pixels. UM that three six pixels 155 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: per square inch. The the When Jobs announced this at 156 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: the Worldwide Developers Conference, UM, he called it a retina display, 157 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: and the claim was that the human eye is only 158 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: capable of detecting around three hundred pixels per inch at 159 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: a distance of around ten or eleven inches from your face. 160 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: That's not entirely true, um, Your ability to detect that 161 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: kind of resolution. The number of pixels per inch depends 162 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: on several factors, the main one being distanced from your eyes. 163 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, between like nine and twelve inches. It maybe 164 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: somewhere in the realm of four hundred pixels per inch. 165 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: That's not to say that the display isn't gorgeous. It 166 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: is beautiful. It's probably the best looking display I've ever 167 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: seen on the phone. I still haven't seen one in 168 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: person yet. I have not seen the EVO, which has 169 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: a very good screen as well. But out of all 170 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: the ones, I have seen. It is the sharpest image 171 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: I've ever It's beautiful. The colors are very vibrant. Um. 172 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: You don't really see that pixelation that you can see 173 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: on a lot of other devices. So even though the 174 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: claim that this is that it's a greater resolution than 175 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 1: the human eye can possibly detect is probably not entirely accurate, 176 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: I don't think it matters. That's nitpicking. Yeah, Like if 177 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: I were to stand up, Mr Jobs, I I beg 178 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: to differ at ten inches, I can detect four hundred 179 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: and seven pixel per edge, and that's greater than your 180 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: three whatever. Um, I would expect to be ejected immediately 181 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: from the conference because that is nitpicking. The display is 182 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: a amazing um so. Uh. Another thing that you'll notice 183 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: if you're just looking at the phone before you've even 184 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: turned it on. It has buttons. Yes, it does have buttons. Yeah, 185 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: something that you don't expect to see on an Apple device. 186 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: Necessarily they try to get away from that as much 187 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: as possible. But yeah, it has has dedicated volume up 188 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: and volume down buttons as opposed to the little mono 189 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: button that it used to have. Yeah. Yeah, they found 190 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: out that people actually want that. I think. Yeah, I 191 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: think I think it just works better. Also, another thing 192 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: that is noticeable is that it has sort of an 193 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: aluminum border along the edge. Well it's not actually aluminium, No, 194 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: it's not, but that's what looks like, oh yeah, yeah, 195 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: it's Um, it's actually that's the that serves as an antenna. 196 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: Actually to antennas, yes it does. There's one that's the 197 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 1: WiFi Bluetooth antenna. One that's the edge three G antenna. 198 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: This also has caused some issues which I guess we 199 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: can talk about really quickly. Um. It turns out that 200 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: if you hold the phone a certain way known as 201 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: now and forever the wrong way, um, that you could 202 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: bridge the gap between these two antenna and by bridging 203 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: the gap, you sort of create one long antenna. And 204 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: the thing about antenna, one of the things about antenna 205 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: is that, uh, the length of the antenna helps determine 206 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: how efficient that antenna isn't picking up the signals. It 207 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: needs to be a particular length in order to pick 208 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: up certain frequencies of radio signals efficiently. So if you 209 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: hold the phone in a certain way so that you're 210 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: bridging that gap, you've created a long antenna. It's not 211 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 1: as efficient at at picking up signals, and you may 212 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: notice that your reception suffers as a result. People have 213 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: said that, you know, they'll look at the phone, it'll 214 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: have let's say four bars of reception, and then they 215 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: pick the phone up and they look at it and 216 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 1: it either loses one or two bars immediately. Well, it's 217 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 1: because they're bridging that gap. Apple's response to this, Steve 218 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: jobs response to this actually in an email, was you're 219 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: holding it wrong. So either don't hold it that way, 220 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: or buy one of our Apple iPhone four cases that 221 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: will create you know, by putting it into the case, 222 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: you no longer going to have contact with the antenna. 223 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: You won't make that problem happen. Uh. This has caused 224 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: some journalists to criticize Apple because it's the first time 225 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: that they've offered an actual Apple case for for one 226 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: of their products for sale for one of their products, 227 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: and the well, not the only time, but yeah, that bumper, 228 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: And it does appear in the sense that it's not 229 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: a this instead of going with the third party thing, 230 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: they've gone this is an Apple produced case that is 231 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: supposed to solve this problem, and it's an additional thirty 232 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: dollars so for the say conspiracy theorists. They might say, oh, 233 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: so you're not going to give us a free uh bumper, 234 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: which is what Apple is calling it. Um, so you're 235 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: automatically you knew about this and you're doing this. This 236 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: is what some conspiracy or they're or they're just saying like, oh, 237 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: so what you're telling us is you've you've got a 238 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 1: flaw on your design. And instead of instead of fixing 239 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: it or giving us a fix the legitimate customers, you're 240 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: telling the customers like, oh, well, here's the device, but 241 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: if you want to work, you need to buy this. 242 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: It's almost like extortion. Um. That's what some people are 243 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: criticizing Apple about again. UM. Now, personally, I did not 244 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: notice this because I did not know about that that 245 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: particular issue when I was handling the iPhone for so 246 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: I didn't even think to look for it. Um. I 247 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 1: had not heard about it. So I can't report from 248 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: personal experience if it's you know, the case or not. Well, 249 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: apparently some it seems to affect people who are left 250 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: handed a little bit more frequently. Yes, And I am 251 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: of the sinister persuasion, so it would hit me. Um. 252 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: And apparently a from what I read there is a 253 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: left handed uh group and that center group, Yeah, that 254 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: sent a criticism to Apple about it. UM for what 255 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: it's worth, And I mean, I haven't used it, and 256 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's anything uh, you know, wrong, 257 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: if they're actually doing something for for nefarious purposes or not. 258 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: But let's just say it's it's part of the design. UM. 259 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: Ours Technica actually talked to UM, an organization known as Antennesis. UM. 260 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: They're involved with mobile device antennas and UM Basically they 261 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: asked them, you know, is this legitimate? Is there you know, 262 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: something strange going on? And apparently from what from what 263 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: Antennesis told Ours Technica, UM, the iPhone four isn't the 264 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: only phone to have a some kind of problem along 265 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: these lines. UM. Partly this is because of FCC restrictions 266 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: on where radiation can emit from a phone, and they 267 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: try to put uh the antenna towards the bottom, away 268 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: from your head, towards where your job would UM. And I'm, 269 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: you know, thinking back on it my motor role razor 270 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: back a couple of years ago when I used one 271 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: of those the antenna is, if I'm not mistaken, down 272 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: towards the bottom, the fat end of the phone where 273 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: the microphone is as well. Um, because they don't want 274 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: that up near your brain, I guess. Um. So apparently 275 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: others like the HTC Droid Incredible um and Google's Nexus 276 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: one Android phone and some Nokia phones also have a 277 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: version of this problem where the antenna is placed on 278 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: the outside of the case and you can actually touch 279 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: it and create that uh antennas circuit problem and it 280 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: will cause reception problems and possibly dropped calls. Um. But 281 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: it's not just apparently, it also has to do with 282 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: the way the manufacturer tries to get around the SEC 283 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: regulations and you know, work with that, and it has 284 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: a lot to do with a lot of different people apparently, 285 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: but certain phones, including the iPhone for have that problem. 286 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: Now we've talked a lot about what's on the outside 287 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: of this device, why don't we when we dive into 288 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: the device little bit and talk about some of the 289 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: stuff that makes it go okay, like maybe the gyroscope. 290 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: I was gonna actually start with the processor. Oh, let's 291 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: go with the processes. You know, it's it's a one 292 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: giga Hurts arm cortex A eight chip. It's the same 293 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: thing that you find in the iPad except ours technical 294 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: says that it does not move quite as quickly. It's 295 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: not as brisk as the the iPads processor, at least 296 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: in they're testing, um and does things. It does things 297 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: almost as fast, but it's not as fast. Now maybe 298 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: that's a result of having the other iPhone guts in 299 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: there and it's having to run all that other stuff 300 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: could be but um, it also may not be quite 301 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: as fast. But yeah, Apple says it's a one gigga 302 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: Hurts processor. Uh, it's got phone or in twelve megabytes 303 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: or ram um and uh. Now we're going to go 304 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: into the whole gyroscope thing now. So it has an 305 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: accelerometer like the previous iPhones, which allows you when you 306 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: you know, turn it from portrait to landscape. That's what 307 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: makes the screen flip. Uh, and can sense motion in 308 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: certain directions. Now it has also a three access gyroscope. Yes, 309 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: Steve Jobs used in his keynote speech for the announcement 310 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: of the iPhone for to play Jenga in front of 311 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: a whole auditorium full of people, right, and he got 312 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: roundly mocked by the Tech for Us for playing Jenga. 313 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: Although from what I understand, the people who were actually there, 314 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: who were not jaded tech journalists, thought it was kind 315 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: of cool. As they were developers. They were looking at 316 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: it not from oh this is such a goofy little demo. 317 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: They were thinking of, oh my gosh, what are the 318 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 1: potential uses for this technology. Yes, maybe Jenga is not 319 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: the most UM useful application for adding a gyroscope, but 320 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: it does give you much more control, much more precision 321 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: of the control that you can the motion controls in 322 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 1: the iPhone. So the gyroscope gives you pitch yaw and 323 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: rolla y'all, and the accelerometer helps. Uh. When paired with 324 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: the accelerometer and the gyroscope, you've got a six axis controller, yes, 325 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: and you know you have can you have motion detection 326 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: along six different axes of motions. So that means that 327 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: developers can create games or other applications that um can 328 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: really take advantage of this in ways that the previous 329 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: iPhones could not handle. And it's also it's it's starting 330 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: to sound a lot like things like the we mote 331 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: and the Sony's Move controller, which also have these these 332 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: gyroscopes and accelerometers in them in order to translate your 333 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: emotions into actions. In a in a virtual environment. So 334 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: now the iPhone four could theoretically do the same sort 335 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: of stuff. I would not be surprised to eventually see 336 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: iPhone type uh apps that would allow you to control 337 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: console based uh actions. It might take a while because 338 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna have you know, and I'm sure they would 339 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: be branded by whatever company it was that was, you know, 340 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: running the console. But so we think about that, you 341 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: could actually theoretically, because of the the capabilities of this phone, 342 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: you could turn it into a video game controller for 343 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: specific console. Well, the iPhone has already been used to 344 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: some degree as a controller, yeah, for different for different applications. 345 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: For remote you can use as a remote controller for 346 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: certain uh, certain electronic devices. So yeah, it's it's unheard of, 347 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: but this will make it far more functional in that 348 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: in that regard. Now, I don't know if anyone would 349 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: ever go through the trouble to actually do that, I mean, 350 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: but it's a potential. Yeah, it's it's it's not unheard of. 351 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: So um, it also has uh there's something else that 352 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: kind of the battery. Yeah, it's gonna talk about the 353 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: battery life. Yes, So one of the things about the 354 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: iPhone for is that the battery life is actually much 355 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: longer than it uh than previous iPhones. Um. In fact, uh, 356 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: even though it's a thinner device, the weight of the 357 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: phone might surprise some people. They think like, oh, it 358 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: should be lighter than the old iPhones because it's thinner. Um, 359 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: it's about the same. Yeah, And some people think that 360 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: the reason why it's about the same is because the 361 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: battery is actually larger. So even though it's lost some 362 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: some girth, it's it's still it's still the same way 363 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: because the battery. Apple says that the battery will give 364 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: you up to seven hours of talking time without without 365 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: a need to recharge, or six hours of browsing if 366 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: you're on a three G network, or ten hours of 367 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: browsing if you're on WiFi, and over three hundred hours 368 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: of standby power okay, which is pretty awesome. Ours Technical 369 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: found about twenty five hours of general use, um video, 370 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: about eleven and a half music about you know this 371 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: is what this is what's kind of interesting because Apple's 372 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: claims are way lower than those numbers. But I guess 373 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: that's probably part of the thing is that you know, 374 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: they don't want to make a claim and then have 375 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: someone come out with it saying, oh, it's nowhere near 376 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: that I and I wouldn't want to either. I understand 377 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: why they would do that. The recharge cycle to that 378 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: they found was about an hour and a half, which 379 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: really not bad, not bad at that is phenomenal. I mean, 380 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: you know what, as much as I've said, like I'm 381 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 1: not really interested in getting an iPhone or whatever, the 382 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: iPhone for a lot of the features have me interested in. 383 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: I mean, I've thought about the potential of once my 384 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: contract is up, moving to A T and T and 385 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: getting an iPhone. Um, that would be a good segue 386 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: because I was going to add this point. Yeah, Um, 387 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: last night, the day that we're recording this, the rumors 388 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: started breaking. Last night, Bloomberg business Week said that they 389 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: had heard rumors that Apple might be bringing the iPhone 390 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: for two Verizons network. Now we've heard departure from A 391 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: T and T being the exclusive provider here in the 392 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: United States right now, and we should we should point 393 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: out a couple of things. First of all, uh, we 394 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: are we well, first of all rumor. Second of all, 395 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,959 Speaker 1: we are aware that in other countries, the iPhone can 396 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: be found on multiple carriers within certain countries, that's awesome here. 397 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: Not in the United States. Yeah, in the United States, 398 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: A T and T is the only network that that 399 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: carries the iPhone. There was an exclusivity agreement that I 400 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: had heard originally spanned five years, and it was signed 401 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: in two thousand seven, which would mean that we'd still 402 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: have a couple of years to go before we see 403 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: the iPhone on any other carrier. But it's really never 404 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: been made public exactly how long that agreement is. Right, 405 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: So the two thousand twelve figure may be made up 406 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: of out of thin air, right, and maybe that that's 407 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: not accurate, and that we could see an iPhone on 408 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: Verizon by the end of the year. However, I will 409 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: also say that these same rumors have been around ever 410 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: since the iPhone debuted. Yes, that's true. A lot of 411 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: people have been have been itching to see this happen. Um, 412 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: So we're talking three years of rumors of the iPhone 413 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: going somewhere else, and so far it stayed put. You know. 414 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: One of the one of the aspects I've seen added 415 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: to that rumor is that it would be on Verizon's 416 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: LTE network, and that's that's four G communication. It's a 417 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: competitor to y Max. I think we've talked about it 418 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: at least once on our podcast. And the thing is, um, 419 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: Verizon's network for G network is currently being built out. Um. Also, 420 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: there are no LTE phones here in the United States yet, 421 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: so I don't know that it would happen like Sprint 422 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: has one, do they really? Yeah, Sprint has an lt Okay, 423 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: because when I was reading this, I had seen something 424 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: that said there weren't in phone. It might be actually 425 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: I think it's Amax Max. Well, but yeah, so it's 426 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: a four G phone. It's just not an ELTI phone. Um. 427 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: Good because you know I actually read it in a 428 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: news outlet. Um. The thing is, h I only get 429 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: my news from illegitimate el but down the street tells 430 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: me stuff Richards Scimmon Villany. Um, No, that would be 431 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: a thing though, Um, if you're expecting it, you know, hey, 432 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: it's January one, two thousand eleven. Where's my Verizon iPhone 433 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 1: for it? Well, it probably if if that's if that's contingent, 434 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: if the rumor is contingent on that happening, it's probably 435 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: not going to be the very very first part of 436 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: next year because there's a lot of work to be done. 437 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: Building out the network to make it, to provide support 438 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: for it even if it's not. Like the other big 439 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: deal is that is that the iPhone runs on G 440 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: S M technology. Yeah, the currents would be Verizon uses 441 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,719 Speaker 1: C d M A and whereas three G network. Right, 442 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: but you have to imagine that a phone cannot be 443 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: exclusively for G. I can't imagine why you would want 444 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: to limit yourself to a network you're building out that 445 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: way now, right exactly. It's just like just like phones 446 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: right now, three G phones are not exclusively three G. 447 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: They also run on the two G two networks networks 448 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: because if you made them exclusively three G, you're you'd 449 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: be very limited and where you can use that phone. Yes, 450 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: so for phone calls that's not really so much of 451 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: an issue. It's more of an issue. For data it 452 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: can be an issue though. Let's say because it's a 453 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: cell phone, it's portable, so you can move in and 454 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: out of networks very quickly. And there's some areas that 455 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: have a lot of three G support, but not not 456 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: all of them, like in Atlanta, they're they're very You 457 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: can go through a neighborhood and go from a three 458 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: G supported area to two G. Well, what I mean 459 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: is if you're going to use it to make phone calls, 460 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: switching from a three G network to a two network 461 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: isn't nearly as critical, right right as it would be 462 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: if you're you know, surfing the web and then you know, 463 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: you move to Q network and then because then you 464 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: slow down significantly. Yeah, yeah, I was just telling that's 465 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: what I mean, dropping a call perspective. Oh yeah, yeah. 466 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: Switching well, I mean moving from one tower to another. 467 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes the handoff is not sweet, is not completely sweet, 468 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 1: and then really that's the case for pretty much everybody. 469 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: I think that's not or or, but anyway, So G 470 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: s M is the technology the A T and T 471 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: n T mobile use the United States, also the technology 472 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: that's most widely used throughout the rest of the world, 473 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: whereas Verizon and Sprint both runs c d M A technology. 474 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: So it's it's and the two are not patible. And 475 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: we've talked about that and tech stuff before as well. 476 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: So for the iPhone four to go to Verizon, it 477 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: would also mean that you would need a c d 478 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: M A chip in there instead of a G s 479 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: M chip or in addition to and I'm guessing just 480 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: based upon the form factor that there's not a whole 481 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: lot of room to squeeze an extra components, so you 482 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: would have to switch them out, so you're you wouldn't 483 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: be able to take like you wouldn't be able to 484 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: buy a uh an iPhone four with no contract with 485 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: a T and T and then port it over to Verizon. 486 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: Now you can see that with the Google Nexus one 487 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: Android phone. Yeah, because there is one that can be 488 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: used on C d M A and there's one that 489 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: can be used on G S M. But you know 490 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: you can't you can't between the two, right um. And 491 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: by the way, you can buy an iPhone four without 492 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: a contract if you want to, but that doesn't mean 493 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: that you can move it to a different network. It 494 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: just means that you're paying months to month as opposed 495 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: to agreeing to a two year deal with a T 496 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: and T. UM and UH I guess we should mention 497 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: that they're two different UH capacity versions of the iPhone four. 498 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: There's a sixteen gigabyte and the thirty two gigabyte, which 499 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: is you know that the reason you need those larger 500 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: sizes because you know before it used to be like 501 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: eight gigabytes was the big one. UM. Now that now 502 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: that they can capture video in a higher resolution and 503 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: you can also do some video editing on the iPhone four. Um, 504 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: you need that extra space otherwise you just run out 505 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: pretty quickly. Also, they switched to from SIM to microsome 506 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: for the iPhone four, and again the reason for that, 507 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: at least what Steve Job says, the reason for that 508 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: is so that they can make more room for the battery, right, 509 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: so they had to go to microsom instead of keeping it. 510 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: So you can't use your old SIM card in the 511 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: iPhone four unless you shave it down. I'm gonna look 512 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: this up real quick too, but I'm I'm willing I 513 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: think if I'm not mistaken, Apple did the same thing 514 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: with the iPad that the three G has a microsome 515 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: in it, but I'm not certain looking that up as 516 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: we talk, all right, well, then I will also for me, 517 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: I will also mention that if you are curious as 518 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: to how much radiation you are absorbing when you use 519 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: your iPhone for according to the report I read in 520 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: uh C net, it is has an essay R rating 521 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: of one point one seven watts per kilogram, which is 522 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: underneath the one point six watts per kilogram limit in 523 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: the United States. And yes, the the WiFi and three 524 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: G version of the iPad UH uses a micro sim 525 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: card tray as well. So, um, I'm wondering if Apple's 526 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously it's more important for the iPhone than 527 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: it would be for uh, you know, an iPad, But 528 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: it seems to me that Apple's probably standardizing, as it 529 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: usually does with things like this. They pick a format 530 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: and go, Okay, this is the one we need for 531 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: this purpose. So let's make it universal so we don't 532 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: need to mess with the other chef. Let's talk very 533 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: quickly before we wrap this up, I want to talk 534 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: about one specific function of the iPhone four that is 535 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: not found in any other Apple product right now, which 536 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: is FaceTime. I mentioned it earlier in the podcast. So 537 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: FaceTime is the video calling software that is included with 538 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: iOS four, and only the iPhone four supports it. You 539 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: can only use it with a fellow iPhone for user 540 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: at this point. At this point, so as of the 541 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: time that we're recording this podcast, there are very straight 542 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: limitations on the FaceTime. You can use either the front 543 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: or back facing camera when you're using it once you 544 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: once you make your call, but you can only call 545 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: other iPhone for users, and you can only do it 546 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: over WiFi. You cannot do it over the three G 547 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: or edge networks. So if you want to make one 548 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: of these calls, you have to be in a Wi 549 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: Fi hotspot and you have to call another iPhone for user. 550 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: We expect that will probably change over time, especially as 551 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: Apple introduces new products. I mean, we may eventually see 552 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: an iPod touch that has a camera or what I 553 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: think is the most realistic UM development is we'll see 554 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: an iPad with a camera that will allow you to 555 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: make the video calls. Uh. And so I've heard that 556 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: this feature is pretty neat. I hear that the video 557 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: is is not bad. Uh, there's not a whole lot 558 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: of issues with clipping and that kind of stuff. Um, 559 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily the highest resolution that you've ever seen, 560 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: although if you're using the back facing camera it will 561 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: the quality be a little bit better. You just will 562 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: be able to see the other person, at which point 563 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm wondering, why are you're bothering with a video call 564 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: in the first place. But it's it seems like it's 565 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: a pretty cool feature. Now. I don't know how other 566 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: developers are going to respond to the to the whole 567 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: face time thing like developers, like let's say people behind Skype, 568 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: where you think, well, why are you allowing this Apple 569 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: backed video calling service, but you won't allow necessarily the 570 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: Skype version, like why can't we tap into that same thing? 571 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: And Skype version is only for voice right so you 572 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: can't do the video call right now. So it remains 573 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: to be seen how that plays out, whether or not 574 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: FaceTime will be opened up enough so that other developers 575 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: can take advantage of that and uh and build a 576 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: new um new features, or whether or not will get 577 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: opened up to the point where people who are on 578 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: other devices that aren't even owned by Apple, if they 579 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: can do video calls with someone who has an iPhone. 580 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: For that would really surprise me to see that. I 581 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: would be shocked if let's say that Android, there's an 582 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: Android handset that comes out that also has a camera 583 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: that also can do video calls, because I mean, this 584 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: is not the first phone that could do video calls. 585 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: There have been other ones before it. Um, it would 586 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: really shock me if Apple opened it up enough so 587 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: that the Android user and the iPhone user could do 588 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: a video call between the two, or if somebody else 589 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: came out with an Android app that would work on 590 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: say a BlackBerry, like a third party software developer that 591 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: came out with something that worked on BlackBerry, Nokia, uh Android, 592 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: and they wanted to put it in the iPhone apps 593 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: or whether Apple would actually go you know, yeah, so 594 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: we'll have to We'll have to keep an eye out 595 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: on that. But that's the skinny on the iPhone for 596 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: hope that satisfies all of you people who have written 597 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: in multiple times asking us to do an iPhone for podcast. 598 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: It does look like a pretty cool device and um, 599 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: and I admittedly I am attempted to switch over once 600 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: my contract is up, assuming there's not some amazing Android 601 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: device available for me to upgrade. Two well, uh, you know, 602 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: since I'm still holding off on the smartphone thing, I'll 603 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: just keep watching and see what happens. But I do 604 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: think that the uh the iPhone is the kind of 605 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: device that ups the anti for everyone else. Um, which 606 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: is good I think because I think it will also 607 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: inspire the HTC and Motorole and some of the others 608 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,479 Speaker 1: to continue building um fantastic new devices with more and 609 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: more capabilities. And it's you know, it's going to be 610 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: good for the market in UM. In general, I think 611 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: to have new devices with a better technology like that, 612 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: Competition is always a good thing. Oh yeah, so that 613 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: wraps up this discussion. 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